Reconstruction of Regional Agriculture and Farm Land Resources Management in Less-Favoured Areas

本研究旨在探讨《WTO农业协定》下日本LFAs稻田耕作与土地资源管理的相关措施。在本研究项目中，研究者明确了以下五个主题：L)分析新法案下稻价下跌给日本LFAs稻田耕作和土地资源管理带来的新困难，2)上述耕作重建的理论基础，3)重新审视现有水田农场作为培育支柱的意义和局限性，第一类是大型个体租户农场，第二种类型是参照区域农业的集体农业，4)调查公私合作伙伴关系，以补充上述两种类型现有私营农场的局限性，5)研究支持以稻田耕作为主导的区域农业的战略措施，以及由老龄化农户重建农地资源管理制度以取代旧的制度。

The purpose of this research project is to discuss the measures concerned wit-h reconstruction of paddy-field farming and farm land resources management in the Japanese LFAs under the Agreement on Agriculture in WTO.In this research project the investigator had made clear the following five m-am subjects : l)the analysis of new hardships which a lower price of rice under the new act will bring to paddy-field farming and land resources management in the Japanese LFAs, 2)the rationale of the reconstruction of the above-mentioned farming, 3)the re-examination of meaning and limitations regarding existing paddy-field farms as fostering pillars whose first type is large-scale individual tenant farms, and second type is group farming in reference to regional agriculture, 4)the investigation into a private-public partnership to complement the above-mentioned limitations on two types of existing private farms, 5) the examination of strategic measures to support regional agriculture of which leading part is paddy-field farming and to reconstruct farm land resources management system instead of the old system by aging farm households.